News from July 2010
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) introduced legislation yesterday, S. 3665, that will lead to the establishment of the “Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund," to focus on strengthening the private sector in Pakistan using existing ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - Today, during a Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee hearing on “Investment in Small Hydropower: Prospects for Expanding Low Impact and Affordable Hydropower Generation in the West," Republicans highlighted the necessity of protecting existing hydropower resources and making it an essential part of an all-of-the-above energy plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - The CLEAR Act stretches far beyond the Gulf oil spill and offshore drilling by creating Regional Coordination Councils to implement marine spatial planning or “ocean zoning." This could lock-up large portions of the ocean to fishing, energy production and other recreational...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - In a move that could further deteriorate the Gulf’s economy, the CLEAR Act would set unlimited liability on offshore operators. While there is bipartisan agreement on the need for Congress to address and adjust existing liability caps, the unintended consequences of completely eliminating the cap could cost hundreds of thousands of American jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced today the selection of 37 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Grants that will use $12.8 million in federal funding to construct projects that seek to save water, increase energy efficiency and improve environmental conditions while addressing water demands in the West.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two officers with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) have been charged in a three-count indictment with federal crimes in connection with the beating death of civilian Raymond Robair in July 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has intervened and filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Oracle Corporation and Oracle America Inc. The government alleges that Oracle defrauded the United States on a General Services Administration (GSA) software contract that was in effect from 1998 to 2006 and involved hundreds of millions of dollars in sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Quantum Dynamics Inc, located in Macon, Ga., and its president, Audrey Price, have agreed to pay the United States $750,000 to settle claims that they fraudulently obtained contracts from the Army, the Justice Department announced today. The contracts had been set aside for companies that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Responding to the President’s and Attorney General’s call for increased transparency, federal agencies across the government have released more documents, made more information available on websites and decreased backlogs in the past year, the Department of Justice today announced. This ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four of eight promoters of a fraudulent tax- and debt-elimination scheme have been sentenced to length prison terms for their roles in tax fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The remaining four will be sentenced over the next two months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Five South Florida residents pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for participating in a home health care fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Shreveport, La., returned an indictment yesterday charging Joshua James Moro, 23; Jeremy Matthew Moro, 33; and Sonya Marie Hart, 31, with offenses related to a cross-burning in Athens, La., in October 2008, near the home of an interracial couple. Another man, Daniel Danforth, was previously convicted by a federal jury for participating in the same cross-burning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – David Marrero, a founder of and consultant at a fraudulent Miami-area HIV/AIDS infusion clinic known as Tendercare Medical Center Inc., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in a $5.8 million scheme to defraud the Medicare program, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). Marrero’s ex-wife, Maria Valero Marrero, the owner and operator of Tendercare, was also sentenced today to 70 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Choctaw County, Okla., deputy sheriff Ben Westley Milner was sentenced today in Muskogee, Okla., to serve 18 months in prison and two years supervised release for violating the civil rights of three men by assaulting them without legal justification.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the agenda and panelists for the second of four public hearings this year on potential revisions to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The event will be held Thursday, August 5 at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Those who want to attend the hearing should register in advance online.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Macatawa Bank Corporation, Holland, Michigan, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between North State Bancshares, Inc., Shakopee, Minnesota, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Community Valley Bancorp, Chico, California, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In her first visit to El Salvador as U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda L. Solis announced a new United States government contribution of $10 million to support the Salvadoran government’s efforts to combat and eradicate child labor.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 457,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 468,000. The 4-week moving average was 452,500, a decrease of 4,500 from the previous week's revised average of 457,000.
